The Board has ordered further development due to pending issues and is remanding the case back to the Regional Office for additional evaluation of the veteran's systemic lupus erythematous condition.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because further evidence or clarification was needed before a proper appellate decision could be made.
- Claimed conditions
- systemic lupus erythematous
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2003
- Citation
- 0316259
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, arthritis, and systemic lupus erythematous all secondary to his service-connected neurodermatitis.
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